[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 00/22] package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server: bump version to 1.20.0

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Fri Jul 13 07:19:04 UTC 2018


>>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls at t-online.de> writes:

Hi,

 >> r128, savage, and sis are all very, very old now. Like, 20 years or
 >> more... I wonder if it makes sense to keep them, given that none of
 >> those three natively cross-compile, and are starting to require patches
 >> to build against a recent X stack. The latter meaning that upstream is
 >> not even test-building those drivers anymore...

 > Up until now and even including the current bump to xserver_xorg-server 
 > 1.20.0 I am still willing to support even the oldest drivers if I can 
 > find the necessary patches somewhere so from my POV it is ok to keep 
 > them. If Thomas or Peter think otherwise I can remove them since I have 
 > no personal interest in them ;)

As long as you care enough about them to keep them working (and the
patches aren't super big/ugly), then I am fine with keeping them.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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